Kavadh I

Kavadh I (469-1 September 531) was Shahanshah of the Sassanid Empire from 488 to 496, succeeding Balash and preceding Djamasp, and from 498 to 531, succeeding Djamasp and preceding Khosrau I.

Biography
Kavadh I was born in 469, and he was the son of Peroz I, who was slain in the 484 Battle of Herat by the White Huns. In 488, he rebelled against his uncle Balash and seized power for himself, and he defeated Vakhtang I of Iberia's uprising, which had Armenian support. In 496, he was deposed by nobles and replaced by his brother Djamasp, but Kavadh returned to power with the help of the Huns. He fought in the Anastasian War and Iberian War against his rival Justinian of the Byzantine Empire, and he died while campaigning against the Byzantines.